Light-metal barrack



Sept. 29, 19452. H. RAUcHHoLz LIGHT-METAL BARRACK Filed June 1o, 1959 Alfio/negA Patented Sept. 29, 1942 LIGHT-METAL BARRACK Heinrich Application June 10, In

4 Claims.

My invention relates to light-metal barracks which are intended to be used instead of tents for military and other purposes, and especially of hospital tents.

It is an object of my invention to provide a light-metal barrack which is superior to tents because it can be erected and taken down more rapidly, is packed and transported more easily, possesses greaterfacilities for convenient equipment, and is more resistant to atmospheric influences while at the same time the structure is comparatively light.

To this end, I provide, in a light-metal barrack, a frame comprising a purlin member shaped as a ridge roof, a sole bar, and two end posts, all of light metal, in combination `with means for detachably connecting the members of the frame.

The term light metal includes light metal proper, normally aluminium, and light-metal alloys. i

A barrack according to my invention comprises at least two frames of the kind described. The parts of the frames are carried to the place where the barrack is to be built, the frames are assembled on they ground, erected and connected by top and bottom rails which are also oflight metal, and are detachably connected to the end posts of the frames.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are diagrammatic illustrations showing,- respectively, the barrack in central longitudinal section, in end elevation, as viewed in the direction of the arrow X in Fig. 1, and in plan view.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1, drawn to a larger scale.

Bauchholz, Berlin, Germany; the Alien Property Custodian vested in 1939, Serial No'.V 278,533

June 11, 1938 (ci. iss-1) Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 3,

also drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 6 is an elevation, showing part of the side frame illustrated in section in Fig. 5, and viewed from the left in that ligure.

Referring to the drawingf the barack .is equipped with a side frame 481 at the left, and a side frame 48T at the right, as viewed in the direction of the arrow X, Fig. 1. 'I'he two side frames have plain cant rails 8'. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate the bay between the intermediate posts 1a and 1b of the left side frame 481, and the panel 23 in the bay, with its solid lower portion, its row of windows 29, andv row of ventilators 38, and the cant rail 8' at the top. The panel is held by a pair of cotters 25 in the webs of the yposts 1a and 1b, and more cotters-not shownat other points which give the panel a iirm hold in its bay.

The upper ends of the posts are secured to the cant rail 8 by bolts 62 inserted in holes 49 in the posts and the cant rail, and the lower ends of the posts are anchored in the base `frame of the baz-rack, as will now be described. The rectangular base frame comprises a pair of longitudinal bars 481 and 461', and a pair of transverse bars 45. The bars are all of inverted channel section, and their ilanges are supported by blocks 22, as shown in Fig. 5 for the bar 481. The end posts and intermediate posts of the side frames 48 are equipped with hooks 4l at their lower ends, as shown for the intermediate pfst Ib in Fig. 5 with which they engage in holes in the inverted channel bars 48. By these means, the posts are anchored nrmly and, at the same time, are readily detachable.

The central frame is different from the two side frames 481 and 481l in that it merely comprises a beam girder 42 which is preferably made of lattice work, and triangular in cross-section, and a pair of V struts 43 and 44 at either end. Their upper ends are detachably secured to the sides of the beam girder 42 by the means described, and their lower ends are anchored in the end bars in a manner. similar to the anchoring of the posts in the side frames in the longitudinal bars 46.

Thecentral frame is so designed that when it, and the side frames 48, have been assembled on the ground and erected, the upper edge of the ridge beam 42 isat a higher level than the upper edges of the cant rails 8 in the side frames. Roofing, and preferably roong plates, are placed- 0n the tops of the three frames, and held at the ridge beam 42 by hooks 55 engaging in holes in their base plates 39. Means such as hooks and eyes, not shown, hold the roofing on the cant rails 8 of the side frames 48.

Obviously, the ridge beam 42 and the struts 43,

- 44 must be made so strong that the central frame of the barracks, certain members of inconvenient' length may be divided and the parts conne'cted by hinges, as shown for the longitudinal and transverse members 46 and 45 of the base frame at 60 and 60', respectively, and for the ridge beam 42 at Il.

The barrack described is litht and rapidly and easily erected.

By way of example, a barrack whose base frame 45, I6 is 10 metres long'and 6 metres wide, and which is 2 metres high inside. weighs only 2 tons, as compared with a similar barrack of wood and steel structure which weighs 12 tons. My novel barrack can be erected and taken down in two hours.

I claim:

1. A building having -vertical side and end walls, a ridge beam, supporting struts diverging from the ridge beam and located in the end walls only, whereby to leave the interior free, the struts extending from the foundation of the building to the ridge beam, and a roof supported by the beam and the side and end walls.

2. A construction as deilned in claim l, wherein the side walls each comprise a cant-rail and two end posts, and wherein the ridge beam and struts comprise a central frame with its parts detachably connected.

3. A construction as defined in claim 1, wherein the side walls each comprise a cant-rail and two end posts, and wherein the ridge beam and struts comprise a central frame with its parts detachably connected, the ridge beam being of triangular cross-section and the struts being provided in pairs at each end of the ridge beam.

4. A construction as deilned in claim 1, wherein the side walls each comprise a cant-rail and two end posts, and wherein the ridge beam and struts comprise a central frame with its parts detachably connected, the ridge beam being of skeleton form with means carried by such ridge beam to removably secure the roof thereto.

HEINRICH RAUCHHOLZ. 

